Category Archives: Local News
Many Potential Changes Presented at the Older American Act Day of Action Meeting
By Cole Wimberly Due to the imminent Federal Budget cuts, the 60-year-old, Older American Act (OAA), is potentially going to undergo many extreme changes along with the programs that work with it. Mid...
May 28, 2025
Marion County Board restores funding to U of I Extension Service
The Marion County Board Tuesday night restored $163,200 in funding to the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service. The money had been collected in a property tax levy specifically for the...
May 28, 2025 Marion County Courthouse
Centralia increases rent on six lake properties
The Centralia City Council approved an ordinance increasing the annual rental on six properties near Lake Centralia by 9.9% to $1188 dollars. These are long-term leases from before 2010 that allow a r...
May 28, 2025
Three-year-old Kinmundy girl dies in drowning accident at relative's home in rural Odin
A three-year-old Kinmundy girl has drowned in an above-ground pool at an aunt and uncle's home in rural Odin. Marion County Coroner Claude Howell identifies the girl as Alaina McElroy, the daughter of...
May 28, 2025
Police Beat for Wednesday, May 28th, 2025
Three people remain in the Marion County Jail after being arrested on Tuesday on outstanding no bond warrants. 31-year-old Michael Stokes of East Broadway in Centralia was arrested at the courthouse o...
May 28, 2025
Centralia Police arrest 14-year-old juvenile who shot himself in the leg
Centralia Police have arrested a 14-year-old male juvenile for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after he allegedly shot himself in the leg while playing football. Centralia Police Lieutenant Steve ...
May 27, 2025
8-year-old Kinmundy girl dies following fall from tree
Funeral services have been set for an eight-year-old Kinmundy girl who died this weekend from injuries sustained following a seven-foot fall from a tree at her home. Grace Elizabeth Fitzwater fell fro...
May 27, 2025
Marion County Board to discuss hiring freeze for fulltime employees
The chair of the Marion County Board's Budget Committee will ask county office holders Tuesday night for a freeze on the hiring of fulltime employees. Brock Waggoner said at an earlier finance committ...
May 27, 2025 Marion County Courthouse
Local meeting called for the Older Americans Act Day of Action
A day of action for the Older Americans Act has been set for Wednesday, May 28, with the local meeting being held at the Grace United Methodist Church in Salem from 10 to 11:30 am. Organizers say 2025...
May 27, 2025 nirchik / Depositphotos.com
Centralia Police make arrest in arson case
Centralia Police have arrested a 32-year-old Centralia man for arson for allegedly setting a trash dumpster on fire behind Westside Laundry on West Broadway early Saturday evening. Keenan Ruckman of C...
May 27, 2025